Is there a real chance?

Hardly!

Chen Geng suddenly realized that he had ignored a big problem, and he shook his head with a wry smile: "This matter ...... Anyway, it's basically impossible. ”

"Why is it impossible?" Huang Wenqing couldn't understand.

"Because the cooperation agreement we signed with McDonnell Douglas is a trade compensation cooperation agreement. ”

"Compensation trade?" Huang Wenqing was stunned: "How do you know?"

The so-called compensation trade, is to balance the trade gap between the two countries and take a means of bulk purchase, this is very easy to understand, we do business, I sell you every year worth 500 million, you sell me every year worth 800 million, which means that I lose 300 million in business with you, but although I lose, but I still want to do business with you for a long time, but I can't accept such a big loss every year, what should I do?

That's where the compensatory trade comes into being - okay, okay, I know you're losing a lot of money doing business with me, so can I buy more from you?

This is the case with the McDonnell Douglas MD-82, as is the same with the batch of about 5,000 Fiat 126P cars purchased from Poland last year on a barter basis, all of which were compensation trades to balance the trade.

But what Huang Wenqing can't understand is that this kind of thing, before it is announced, you Chen Geng shouldn't know about it, right?

"Don't forget what my relationship is with Mr. McDonald Jr. of McDonnell Douglas," Chen Geng said that you think too much and underestimate my energy in the United States, which is not a matter for me at all: "In the United States, unless I don't want to know about such things, as long as I want to know, there is nothing I don't know." ”

“......”

Huang Wenqing was stunned by Chen Geng's domineering words, and was speechless for a while.

Yes, since it is to balance trade, the main subsystems on the aircraft, such as engines, communication systems, navigation systems, etc., must be made by American companies, otherwise how can this transaction play a role in balancing trade?

"That's not right!"

Huang Wenqing slapped his thigh and suddenly said: "Your statement is not right! We want to purchase McDonnell Douglas MD-82 in order to balance trade, and it has nothing to do with whether or not we use the engine produced by Pratt Whitney in the United States. ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Chen Geng was almost choked by Huang Wenqing's words, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"The ultimate goal of balancing trade is actually to smooth out the deficit between the two sides of trade, right?"

"That's right. ”

"Since this is the case, it will be simple," Huang Wenqing said: "We can't catch up with this trade, but in the future, our country will definitely continue to purchase planes from McDonnell Douglas, right? We can completely convince the leaders above that when the leaders purchase planes from the United States in the future, whether they buy planes from McDonnell Douglas or Boeing, they must purchase our engines and installed machines. 82 and other engine products of the same type of mainline aircraft. ”

Chen Geng's first reaction was: it! Can you still play like this?

But then, Chen Geng's second reaction immediately was: it seems to be ...... It is really possible to play like this, at least from a purely technical and theoretical point of view.

But whether it is really feasible or not is influenced by many factors, such as......

"The idea is good, but there are many difficulties, and the most troublesome thing is that the US government is afraid of getting in the way. ”

"What is this the result of the US government?" Huang Wenqing was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Chen, you are clear about the situation in the United States, tell me what is going on?"

Chen Geng thought for a while and explained to Huang Wenqing: "Let's not talk about the factors at the government level, but only talk about the general operation process of this matter from a purely technical point of view, and then I will tell you what the problem is." ”

"Okay, okay," Huang Wenqing nodded again and again like a chicken pecking rice: "You say." ”

"Because McDonnell Douglas's DC-9 series and McDonnell Douglas-80 series aircraft had never used Rolls-Royce engines before, if the Rolls-Royce engine is to be replaced, according to the regulations of the U.S. aviation administration, this aircraft will have to undergo airworthiness certification again.

But in this way, a new problem has arisen, that is, Rolls-Royce's 'TAY' series engine is only an engine with a thrust of 60 to 70 kN, if Rolls-Royce wants to increase the thrust of the 'TAY' series to more than 80 kN or even more than 90 kN, the engine also needs airworthiness certification.

In this way, the operation flow of the whole thing becomes:

First of all, Rolls-Royce helped us come up with engines with thrust in the 85 to 95 kN range;

After that, we took this engine to airworthiness certification;

After that, McDonnell Douglas used our new engines to certify the airworthiness of the aircraft, and when the whole process was completed, everything was done.

From a purely technical point of view, even if everything goes well, it will take at least five years for this whole process to go down," Chen Geng said: "But the problem is that Pratt Whitney cannot sit idly by and watch its own interests suffer, and Pratt Whitney, who has deep connections and influence in American politics and aviation management agencies, will inevitably use his energy to influence the airworthiness certification of our engines - that is, the Americans will make our engines unable to obtain airworthiness licenses." ”

If you can't get an airworthiness license from the United States, this engine will naturally not be installed on aircraft produced in the United States.

"That's ......"

Huang Wenqing's face was disappointed, and he realized that he had thought about this problem too simply.

"I know that you are thinking about the company," Chen Geng patted Huang Wenqing on the shoulder and comforted him: "But you think about this matter the other way, if we realize the localization of Fokker F100 and even Fokker F150 as soon as possible, not only do we not have to look at the faces of the Americans, but also save a lot of valuable foreign exchange for the country, which is not much better than picking at the engine and searching for ideas?"

"That's right!"

Huang Wenqing patted his head, and then realized that he had made a mistake from the beginning: compared with the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 project in the magic capital, the Fokker F100 aircraft project jointly carried out by the chairman and the Dutch Falkland-United Aviation Technology Company, which was written into the contract from the very beginning, and instead of desperately thinking about selling the engine to the Americans, it is better to work hard to realize the localization of the F100 as soon as possible, just like the boss said, it can save a lot of valuable foreign exchange for the country. He was very embarrassed: "I'm sorry chairman, I almost confused the priorities." ”

Chen Geng smiled and waved his hand.

Here, seeing that Chen Geng and Huang Wenqing were almost chatting, Wang Dazhi immediately came up: "Chairman, there is something I want to report to you." ”

"Oh?" Chen Geng raised his eyebrows, signaling that Wang Dazhi had something to say.

"Can you talk to the motorcycle engine factory here and give us more engines every month?" Wang Dazhi said to Chen Geng with a bitter face: "The little amount every month is completely insufficient......

"You don't have enough Bingcheng Branch, and we don't have enough here in Rongcheng!"

Wang Dazhi's bitter water has not been poured out, the leading cadres on the side of Rongcheng have quit, Nie Guang, who was previously the deputy director of production of Chengfa Factory and is now the head of the motorcycle branch, jumped out, pointed at Wang Dazhi's nose and scolded unceremoniously: "Vice President Wang, what you can do in Bingcheng is not righteous, a total of 2,000 motorcycle engines were produced last month, and we sent you 1,400 according to the agreement, so you are not satisfied?"

You said that your quantity is not enough, do you know how our life is spent with only 0,600 engines? The relevant leading comrades of Rongcheng @ government and Bashu Province @ government call us eight times a day, and they want us to produce a few more motorcycles, you can do it......"

Listening to Nie Guang's unkindness on the side of the Ice City, Chen Geng laughed when he heard it.

At the beginning, in order to solve the huge number of people to be employed in Hafei Factory and Chengfa Factory, Chen Geng won two projects from the Chinese government: motorcycles and automobiles, of which the production of motorcycle engines and small-displacement engines for vans was placed on the side of Rongcheng, and the production of motorcycles was carried out by both sides, while the production of vans was mainly carried out by Hafei Factory in the early stage.

In October, the construction of the motorcycle engine factory in Rongcheng was finally completed, and now the motorcycle engine factory belongs to the preliminary stage of small batch trial production, personnel and production line running-in, and last month achieved a monthly output of 2,000 motorcycle engines.

According to the original agreement, the engines produced by the Rongcheng gasoline engine factory are mainly supplied to the motorcycle production plant on the Hafei plant, and at the same time, the supply ratio of the engines to the two sides is roughly 7:3.

2000 motorcycle engines, means 2000 motorcycles, which sounds like a lot, but relative to the current huge market demand, this amount can not even make a splash, Bingcheng, Rongcheng of the relevant departments, leaders in the news that the motorcycle factory of COMAC Group has begun a small batch of trial production, without saying a word, directly to the door, a big hand: no matter how many motorcycles you have produced, we have all the package!

Chen Geng has been staying in Rongcheng in the past two days, and he has heard a lot about the situation in Rongcheng, such as Nie Guang, who begged and tried his best to leave 20 cars for COMAC.

"Okay, okay, you don't have to fight," looking at Nie Guang and Wang Dazhi, who accused each other of being unkind, Chen Geng said with a smile: "The production capacity of the internal combustion engine factory is climbing very quickly, and the production capacity can reach 70% of the design capacity in three months at most, so you don't have to fight, but ......"

Speaking of this, Chen Geng's expression suddenly became serious: "The problem I have been emphasizing: quality! Quality! or quality! If anyone ignores quality in order to seize speed, then what is not said is only one way to deal with it: dismissal on the spot! Have you remembered it?!"

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